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Army Demos Raytheon’s Updated Air & Missile Defense System to US Allies

Army Demos Raytheon's Updated Air & Missile Defense System to US Allies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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Army Demos Raytheon's Updated Air & Missile Defense System to US Allies - top government contractors - best government contracting eventDelegates from eight foreign countries observed a recent U.S. Army-led demonstration of Raytheon‘s updated air and missile defense system.

A team of Army soldiers engaged two tactical ballistic missile targets using Global Patriot interceptors with the Post Deployment Build 8 configuration during a live-fire test,  Raytheon said Monday.

Global Patriot uses radar and command-and-control technologies to guide multiple interceptor types in countering ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, drones, aircraft and other launched aerial threats.

Raytheon noted the PDB-8 configuration features updated “friend or foe” identification, target detection and identification and radar search capacities.

The updated system employs a new fire solution computer built to support PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement  interceptors and a weapons control computer designed to increase software processing power by 50 percent.

The Army and its international Patriot partners aim to implement PDB-8 later this year.

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Written by Nichols Martin

a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, produces articles on the federal government's technology and business interests. The coverage of these articles include government contracting, cybersecurity, information technology, health care and national security.

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